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Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT!
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:26:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> > A working brake van? I'm fascinated. Please explain.
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> I'll sit down and Ldraw some of it, but not right now...I just don't have all
> that much time. It uses a small Pnumatic cylinder mounted in the car, driving
> down through a 2R curve (the 2x2 macaroni bricks, stacked) pivot point, to the
> Technic cam pieces via 2 sets of angle gears. Kind of neat, but intricate.
> It was worth about a motor for brake effect...but, a lot of fun.
So how did you convert from train wheels onto a technic drive?
> The Limacion is NOT mine! (have to add that)
Oops! (Sorry Adrian!) I got lost in the message threads.
> > How steep is the rise you are using, James?
> I used wood, rather than Lego. Therefore, exact lego grade is unknown, but
> around 1.3 bricks/section of track. I had 12.3 space between the rail and the
> closest objects (lego bridges, in fact). This is not really enough (quite
> for some of what I had built/gotten. The 4551 is too tall for it with the
> full pantograph arrangement, and so is 4552.
So, if Adrian's reading, how steep is the rise on the Limacion?
> My city/layout can be seen at:
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/2049/LegoHTML/lego.html
Wow! that's a pretty big collection too. Going to take a while to look
through that stuff.
> (hmm...I was looking, but no real photos of the room as it was...ah well.
> Much of the lego stuff is in there, but none of the room in total.)
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> James
I meant I'd like the space to lay out that much LEGO. Plus that much LEGO
to lay out. I'm in a small one-bedroom flat, and I'm awaiting my first 9V
train set. I've already built a MOC wagon top, but I have no wheels,
buffers or engine to pull it yet...
Jason.
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| (...) In this case, there is no need to. I'll see if I can Ldraw the trucks this afternoon, its a snow day. (...) (URL) photos of my 2 cities in Victoria. The 2nd one was in a 1 bedroom apartment, and it filled the living room (about 4 4x8 sheets (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'll sit down and Ldraw some of it, but not right now...I just don't have all that much time. It uses a small Pnumatic cylinder mounted in the car, driving down through a 2R curve (the 2x2 macaroni bricks, stacked) pivot point, to the Technic (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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